Edward Halsall
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No Number. Engineer. H.M.Transport. (His Majesty's Transport). Only child. Sunday School etc. On Harrison Line, H.M.T. (His Majesty's Transport) Barrister. Torpedoed off Calf at 3a.m. September 19 1918. Mother had seen him off the evening before. Survivors landed in Douglas at midday. No news.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/7)
External sources: Athol Road